Personal anchors such as Hannah could apply directly for cash withdrawals from the platform for their income from live broadcasting, but the money was pre-tax, and the anchors needed to declare taxes themselves.
However, Hannah had never filed for a tax return because she was reluctant to lose a large amount of income.
Now that the tax department had come to her, she suddenly panicked and could only lie and say, “Officer, you’ve also seen the situation of my family. There are indeed two paralyzed patients and an elderly in my family who needs to be taken care of. I was really busy, so I forgot to do it at the moment...”
With that said, she had a flash of inspiration, and she quickly came up with an excuse for herself as she said, “You see, I haven’t been selling goods on my live broadcast for long, and it has only been a month. In fact, I planned to go and file for a tax return after I was done getting busy over the next few days...”
The personnel from the tax department knew that she must be lying, but it was just as she had said, and it had only been more than a month since she started selling goods on her live broadcast. If she said that she had forgotten or was too busy to file her taxes at that time, the tax department would have no way to prove that she was deliberately evading taxes.
So, the tax officer gave her a way out and said, “We can understand your situation as there are indeed some objective factors, so we will not investigate whether there has been tax evasion. You only need to declare a tax return as soon as possible according to your actual income, and that’s it.”
Hannah subconsciously asked, “What is the tax rate for personal tax?”
The tax officer explained, “Your kind of selling goods on live broadcast belongs to remuneration for labor, and remuneration for labor belongs to the citizens’ comprehensive income. After the final settlement and payment, the individual tax rate applies from 3% to 45%. Given that your amount has already reached the highest level, the individual tax rate of 45% will apply to you.”
“What?!” Hannah cried out at once and said, “45%? This... This is too much...”
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